# The hand of God

Author: Leinster, Murray, 1896-1975

Genre: Short stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78088

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+hand+of+God+Leinster&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It was very hot when the sheriff sucked meditatively at his pipe in the county jail and listened abstractedly to the buzzing of the mob outside. It was dark, of course. Mobs do not often form in daylight--not mobs who propose to lynch one not especially reputable citizen for the murder of another still less reputable one. The jail was dark and more than a little malodorous. A darky in one of the rear cells whimpered a little in entirely unreasoning terror. A moth blundered heavily about the yellow-flamed lamp.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-hand-of-god-78088/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-hand-of-god-78088/chapters/2/index.md)